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4 SPRING BED BOTTOM. .110.267.389.

Patented Nov. 21, 1882.

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UNITED STATES` WILLIAM?. HENNION, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO B. HENNION, OF SAME PLACE. i

PATENT OFFICE.

UORNELIA,

SPRING BED-BOTTOM.

SPECIFICATION formingl part of Letters Patent No. 267,889, dated November 21, 1882.

' Application inea March 27,1882. (Model.)

`the adjoining slat by two or more pairs of spring tempered steel diagonal cross-braces, b, tlhie ends of the braces being firmly riveted to the bottom slats. The centers may be riveted together where they cross each other, as at c. There are to be four or more fenders, d, of temeach outside bottom slat to hold the bed-bottom in position when in use. All the fenders attached to one of the slats may have a shoulder-rivet, e, riveted to each fender, all the fenders on the opposite side to have a buttonhole, f, in each, forthe shoulder-rivet to button into; or the fenders on one side of the bedbottom may have a hook, g, on each, fastened with a rivet, so as to be movable, and a slot, h, to receive the staple ,Which is to be attached to each fender on the opposite side, the hook to hook into the staple when the bed-bottom is rolled up; or each fender on one side of the bed-bottom may have a hook, j, on the end to Two or more are to be riveted to hook, into the button-hole or slot of the fender opposite. The slats are provided ywith a suita- 35 ble number of inverted conical springs, ar,

placed so that the springs and spaces between the springs on the adjoiningslats alternate. The springs are connected together by chains.

'All the shoulder-rivets and button-holes, the 4o bination of the series of slats c, connected to- 55 gether by means of diagonal steel braces b, arranged as shown and described, `With fenders d, having studs and holders cf, or their described eqnivalents, With the springs substantially as and for the purpose specified.

VM. P. HENNION.

Witnesses:

` ABRAM T. BUoKHoUI",

JOHN A. SEAMAN. `I. E.l STUGKEY.

Fig. 2 shows a 45 Fig. 6 shows a staple 5o 

